Where does “stricken” come from?

stricken (German) comes from Old High German stric, from Proto-Indo-European streyg-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ter- — strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to...

stricken (German): to knit; to tie, to knot

Definitions

  1. to knit; to tie, to knot

Ancestry of “stricken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanstric—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanstreyg-to strike; to shear
3Proto-Indo-European(s)ter-strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to...

Words derived from “stricken”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ter- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European streyg- →Every word from Old High German stric →